James Anderson Fields (1795 - 1878)

Born 1795 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1878 at about age 83 in Carter, Kentucky, USA

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Travis Fields [send private message] and Stacie Jones [send private message]

Biography

Research Notes

Information from FindAGrave record. No Citations, being treated as information only at this time:

Information from find a grave that Richard Squire Fields was also married to frances Ann May. his first wife was Hannah Crabtree.

James Anderson Fields was born in 1795 in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina, USA, and died in 1878 (aged 82–83) at Carter County, Kentucky, USA. Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: Anderson was buried on the point above the Hitchings brick plant.

“Anderson Fields was the ancestor of a large branch of the Fields family of Northeastern Kentucky. The weight of authority and family tradition is that he was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1795; m. Elizabeth Manis in that State about 1818; went to East Tennessee where a majority of his children were born; and came to Carter County, Kentucky, about 1840." Excerpted from the book "Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky" by William Carlos Kozee. Anderson was also the father of the children of Cassandra Banks, Martha Jane, William Henry, Lansford and John Riley Banks, each of whom was born in Letcher County, Kentucky. Anderson and Cassandra were never married. Lansford Banks documents this relationship in an affidavit filed with his Civil War Pension Application written August 30, 1881. DNA testing also has documented the connection.

Parents:

Hiram Fields 1764-1863

Frances May Fields 1769-1851

Spouses:

Elizabeth Manis Fields 1794-1859

Cassandra Banks 1807-Unknown

Children:

Susan Fields Manis 1818-1899

William J Fields 1819-1864

James Moore Fields 1820-1912

Anderson Fields 1826-1894

Mary Fields Lawson 1832-1915

Martha Jane Banks Banks 1835-1912

Martha Jane "Jennie" Banks 1837-1912

William Henry Banks 1840-1862

Lansford Banks 1846-1908

^[1]Find-a-Grave burial in Carter County, Kentucky; Non-Cemetery Burial, who reports a Anderson was buried on the point above the Hitchings brick plant. Is not documented.

James was born about 1795. He was the son of Hiram Fields. He passed away about 1878.^[2]

A notation on Find-a-Grave: "Anderson Fields was the ancestor of a large branch of the Fields family of Northeastern Kentucky. The weight of authority and family tradition is that he was born in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1795; m. Elizabeth Manis in that State about 1818; went to East Tennessee where a majority of his children were born; and came to Carter County, Kentucky, about 1840." ^[3]

Research

Both here and on Find-a-Grave, more than one person has stated matter-of-factly that Anderson Fields was the father of Cassandra Banks' children because it is documented by Lansford Banks in his affidavit filed with his Civil War Pension Application written August 30, 1881. DNA testing also has (also) documented the connection. Help me Barney Banks out here. I would love to see some of this sourcing. I have in my possession over 100 pages directly related to Lansford's Civil War Pension. No where in this stack can I find a reference to anyone named Fields. What he clearly states is that his mother was unmarried. Lived with his father for about three years, and had 4 children. Then, states, she never married. I have been trying to make some sort of DNA connection to anyone named Fields for years and can't. Would someone/anyone share with me any info on where his relationship to Cassandra is documented? Also, information on DNA connections would be appreciated as well. I can be contacted at brbanks AT yahoo.com.

If it is true that he fathered the children of Cassandra Banks, then one of them had to travel about 150 miles (over 40 hours walking time) to cohabitate between 1834 and 1847 (birth years of her children). As stated by Lansford, my Mother lived with "him" for about three years. They may not have been consecutive years.

Please don't take any of my comments as being argumentative here, I just want to work out these details and figure out the parentage of my great grandmother, Jennie Banks.

James was born in 1795. He passed away in 1878. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 February 2019), memorial page for James Anderson Fields (1795–1878), Find A Grave: Memorial #168357531,; Maintained by Betsy (contributor 48720498)
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.
3. ↑ Excerpted from the book "Early Families of Eastern and Southeastern Kentucky" by William Carlos Kozee.
4. ↑ Unsourced family tree handed down to Stacie Jones.

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDJ-9N6 : 23 December 2020), Anderson Fields, Hawkins, Tennessee, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB5-QLT : 18 February 2021), Anderson Fields in entry for James Fields, 1860.

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Smith-Hunter.ged on 10 March 2011.

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